• March 1, 2007 |

    HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

    When Morrison & Foerster's veteran intellectual property law partner Thomas Ciotti sat down at the MoFo energy group's annual partners meeting in late October, it raised some eyebrows. Everyone

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  • November 15, 2004 | The Recorder

    Have a Lawyer or Two to Spare?

    Applied Materials Inc.'s legal department was in a bit of a bind. One of its corporate attorneys was scheduled to go on maternity leave during an unusually hectic time for the department

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  • Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2010-06-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-06-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily L. Brinkman, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, argued the cause for the defendants-appellants and filed the briefs. Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Jonathan L. Wolff, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael W. Jorgenson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, were also on the briefs.
    for defendant: Ernest Galvan, of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, San Francisco, California, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellee. Sanford Jay Rosen, of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a brief. Kenneth M. Walczak and Blake Thompson, of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, were also on the brief. George C. Harris, of Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California, filed a brief on behalf of Columbia Legal Services, Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Legal Aid Society, Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc., National Center for Youth Law, National Police Accountability Project, Prisoners? Legal Services of New York, Southern Poverty Law Center, Uptown People?s Law Center, and Volunteer Lawyers? Project for the Southern District of Florida as amici curiae in support of the plaintiff-appellee and in support of affirmance. Sarah E. Griswold, of Morrison & Foerster LLP, was also on the brief.

    Case Number: 09-15006

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 7190PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of

  • December 18, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Morgan Lewis Files Class Action for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    We've heard of class actions filed against the Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging it failed to care adequately for soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. a href="http://www.mo

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  • May 7, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Intellectual Property Hot List

    The National Law Journal introduces its first Intellectual Property Hot List. These 20 firms excel in providing patent, copyright and trademark legal services. They have demonstra

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  • August 2, 2013 | The Recorder

    MoFo Losing Pro Bono Pioneer Kathi Pugh

    Skiing on Christmas Eve 1979, Kathi Pugh, then 20, fell hard on the slopes — so hard that she must have fractured a bone in her neck. She managed to get up and keep going. But when

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  • September 15, 2003 | Legal Times

    We've Been There, Done That

    June 19, 1978EXISTING D.C. FIRMS GROWING AT RAPID RATEDespite a steady influx of newly established and out-of-town firms, the established Washington law firms are grow

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  • November 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Model Behavior

    It's called the Legal Model, and it's become a concoction so tempting that lawyers from 160 companies have made the pilgrimage to Wilmington, Del., to test its cost-cutting powers.Chem

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  • July 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Good Fight

    Is free legal work always pro bono? May a firm fairly include in its pro bono hours exemplary work for which it is paid? These are questions The American Lawyer has been discussing more than u

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  • August 12, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    `Band of Angels` Lends Support To Post-Sept. 11 Pro Bono Effort

    JEAN A. O'HARE depends on the kindness of a band of "angels," the informal group of private firm lawyers and business executives she has formed that has worked behind the scenes since last year's t

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